Vol.28, No. 1, Spring 2005

Cover Story

Saintly Doctors and Demonic Lawyers?

Speak not of Error Does legal fear increase the risk of medical error? by David A. Hyman and Charles Silver (PDF, 6 pp, 238 Kb)

Features

Property

Accountability and Private Governments Do homeowners associations lower property values? by Laura Langbein and Kim Spotswood-Bright (PDF, 5 pp, 331K)

Natural Resources

A Tale of Two Clams Actors' strategic anticipation of policy change has led to overstatement of the benefits of ITQs. by Sylvia Brandt (PDF, 4 pp, 155K)

Telecommunications & Technology

Architectural Censorship and the FCC Efforts to regulate the media threaten quantity, quality, and diversity. by Christopher S. Yoo (PDF, 8 pp, 246K)

Against ISP Liability Do ISPs have a duty to protect the world? by Jim Harper (PDF, 4 pp, 155K)

Corporate Governance

Corporate Governance and Economic Development U.S.-style corporate governance may be a poor fit for the developing world. by Troy A. Paredes (PDF, 6 pp, 281K)

Wall Street in the Third World? Corporate ownership may be a more important issue in developing countries than corporate governance. by Robert E. Anderson (PDF, 3 pp, 190K)

Insurance

Terrorism Insurance 2005 Where do we go from here? by Howard Kunreuther and Erwann Michael-Kerjan (PDF, 8 pp, 388K)

For the Record

The Roots of Insecurity (PDF, 1 pp, 55K)

Mercatus Reports

Regulation Z | Cooling Water Intake | ESA Permit Revocation | commentary: What's Next for Telecom? (PDF, 5 pp, 441K)

Briefly Noted

Corporate Social Responsibility — Or Good Advertising? by Andrew C. Coors and Wayne Winegarden (PDF, 2 pp, 165K)

In Review

The Frankenfood Myth, by Henry I. Miller and Gregory Conko | Painting the White House Green, Edited by Randall Lutter and Jason F. Shogren | Pay Without Performance, by Lucian Bebchuk and Jesse Fried (PDF, 6 pp, 213K)

The Final Word

Section 8.2 Housing? by Tim Rowland (PDF, 1 PP, 69K)